Bristol, England, December, 11th, 2009 - Nanotech Semiconductor Limited (“Nanotech”), a fabless IC company specializing in advanced CMOS Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs for fiber optic communications, today announced the release of the NT24L55 – a high sensitivity, low power, pure CMOS 1.25 Gbps TIA targeting the latest generation of GE-PON networks.

The NT24L55 builds on Nanotech’s long-established portfolio of CMOS TIAs for datacom, telecom and FTTh networks and is the first in a new family of pure CMOS ICs that address the market requirements for the highest performance at the lowest power consumption.

The new CMOS TIA can achieve typical sensitivities better than -32 dBm at a Bit Error Rate (BER) of 10-12 with a standard 0.5pF gigabit PIN photodiode, whilst consuming only 30 mA supply current. Typical bandwidth in this configuration is 1GHz and the IC supports a large range of Photodiode types, offering customers great flexibility in terms of optical assembly.

Whilst delivering world class performance Nanotech’s latest TIA is simple to use and has the most flexible bond pad configuration available. Compatible with all major TO-can layouts the NT24L55 features left or right side power supply pads, a data polarity invert function and photodiode current mirror that is selectable to sink or source output type.

Engineering Samples are available now. Purchase orders for mass-production will be accepted from January for delivery starting March 2010.

Gary Steele, CEO, commented: "Our latest TIA delivers best in class performance and is the first product in a line of new pure CMOS ICs for the fiber access market demonstrating Nanotech’s commitment to deliver innovative, world-beating products”.

Christian Rookes, Marketing Manger for Glass Fiber products added: “The NT24L55 will enable our customers to deliver the highest sensitivity receiver products with the lowest power consumption for fiber access networks and take advantage of the capacity, availability and reliability that pure CMOS fabrication offers”